skin-game
1skin game — skin′ game n. a fraudulent scheme; swindle • Etymology: 1865–70; amer …
2skin game — ☆ skin game n. Informal a cheating, swindling trick …
3skin game — noun Etymology: skin (II) 1. : a swindling game or trick skin games running to fleece you as fast as you can get your money to the center Andy Adams 2. : skinball * * * 1. a dishonest or unscrupulous business operation, scheme, etc …
4Skin Game — Infobox Film name = Skin Game caption = director = Paul Bogart Gordon Douglas producer = Harry Keller writer = Richard Alan Simmons (story) Peter Stone (uncredited) starring = James Garner Louis Gossett Jr. Susan Clark Brenda Sykes Edward Asner… …
5skin game — n. any swindle. (Underworld.) □ Ziggy was mixed up in a skin game for a while. □ The con running the skin game got out of town …
6skin game — /ˈskɪn geɪm/ (say skin gaym) noun Colloquial 1. a dishonest activity, business, etc. 2. a swindle. {skin (def. 16) + game1} …
7skin game — noun Date: 1868 a swindling game or trick …
8skin game — noun N. Amer. informal 1》 a rigged gambling game. 2》 a fraudulent scheme …
9skin game — 1. a dishonest or unscrupulous business operation, scheme, etc. 2. any cheating or fraudulent trick. [1865 70, Amer.] * * * …
10skin game — swindle, act of deceit …
